Necktie holder



J. s. MEAD NECKTIE HOLDER Apr 24, 1%23.

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Application med arm]; 22, mt. serial no. 367,741.

izen of'the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Necktie Holders, of

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact I description, reference being had-to the accompanying drawing, formingpart of this specification.

beitied which shall retain the tie in completed shape so that it can be adjusted in position and taken oil without untying'the knot and with which when desired the material can be retied in a new position so as to shift the material as it becomes worn. With this holder I obtain the advantages of a permanent tieat the same time that I have the advantage of shifting the .position of" the knot so as to utilize a lar r portion of retains its permanent position and need not the material. Above all, the tie once formed be untied and retied except at rare intervals to expose a fresh part of the goods.

My invention consists of a plate of suitable material, preferably of sheet metal,

' formed in the shape of the knot of the fourin-hand tie, and so constructed that the loose end which passes around the neck need not be passed through the knot, but will be held by the mere catching of the same under a portion of the holder.

In the drawing, I

Figures 1 and 2 are front and rear elevai tions of my novel holder.

Figure 3 is a top lap view. Figures 4, 5, 6 an 7 illustrate the rear portion of the tie showing the various steps of inserting the holder, and Figure 8 .is a rear view of the completed tie, showing the metkhod of securing the free end around the use The holder is comprised of a shield or plate 1, substantially of the shape of the four-in-hand knot, slightly curved transversely as shown. in Figure 3, and with the upper edge of the shield '2 formed somewhat diagonally of the longitudinal axis of the plate. The plate 1 is'provided with a lateral extension somewhat narrow, which is turned-over to the rear of the plate at 3 and then extends downwardly at 4, in line with the longitudinal am's ofthe plate, a dinance beyond the lower edge of the plate. tongue may. -liave a reen-. I

forced rib 4.

It is contemplatedin making up the shield urel. '{The outer longitudinal edge of the.

portion 4. isp'referab 3:. formed with a seties of serrations 5. This tongue will be The ob'ectof my invention is toprov de' a holderupon whiclta four-in-hand tie can factually hold the fabric of the'tie which i is to be passed thereover. Instead of constructing the holder and tongue in'tegrally of sheet metal, wire can be substituted for the rear portion, the same to be' soldered or otherwise permanently fastened to the body of the shield near the upper corner.

To insert the holder in the tie, a simple knot is first formed in the tie material 6,

hand tie, and 8' a portion of the free end,

which in such ties is quite narrow and forms .in which 7 is the broad end of the four-in- 0 erator, the tongue 4 is passed down into the loop 9 in the tie until the holder takes the position shown in Figure 5. The holder is then turned over into the positionshown'in Figure 6, which brings the'back portion of the holder facing the operator, and with the tongue 4 carrying thetie material loop'ed around it at 10. The upper edge 12 of the holder is then in a position to allow the loop 13 of the tie to'be pushed down over the holder as shown in Figure 7. The tie will then be complete, and will have theappearance and shape of the ordinary fouri in-hand tie when in use. In order to fasten the tie in place, the knot is placed underneath the collar in front and the loose narrow end 14 passed around the neck and slipped under the tongue at 10, whereit will be held by the resiliency of the tongue or by the serrations 5.

In use, the tie can nently knotted, and the loose end merely slipped from under the tongue in order to remove the tie.

The fact that it is not necessar to untie and retie the goods every-time t e necktie is used, adds very much to the life of the fabric.

Having thus described my invention, what be used as if perina- I claim as new and desire to secure by Let! ,ters Patent is 1-, In a device of the character described, the combination with a plate formed to present the facial contour of a four-in-hand knot, of a tongue secured to the upper portion of said plate and spaced therefrom to extend downwardl free therefrom be ow, whereby when the four-in-hand knot of the tie is formed, the tongue may be inserted into the side loop of the tie and the fabric folded over, the opposite side loop of the knot secured over the free edge of the facial contour member, and the free end of the tie secured under the tongue.

2. In a devlce of the character described, the combination with a plate formed to present the facial contour of a four-in-hand knot, of a tongue mounted on said plate and behind the plate and spaced therefrom to extend downwardly behind the plate and free therefrom below, whereby when the four-in-hand knot of the tie-is formed, the tongue may be inserted into the side loop of the tie and the fabric folded over, the opposite side loop of the knot secured over the free edge of the facial contour member, and the free end of the tie secured under the tongue.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of a plate formed in the contour of the face of a four-in-hand knot, with a member extending therefrom in shape of a tongue, said tongue running from the corner of widest dimension ofvthe plate, thence inwardly and downwardly substantially centrally of the plate, and spaced therefrom toward the narrow end of said plate, as and for the urpose described.

AMES S. MEAD. 

